Remember how China got fed up of the world dumping bales of low-grade paper & worthless flimsy plastics contaminated by rubbish on it? Could Ireland take a leaf and say no to hosting data centres full of dross that passes for information? m.independent.ie/irish-news/ire…

Just been listening to Marie Donnelly, chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland, list at length on Morning Ireland the tinkering changes she believes farming must make in the face of climate breakdown. Not once was THE most important thing even mentioned: rewilding.

Sandy Horne If you like temperate rainforests a nice read for the plane might be Eoghan Dalton’s Irish Atlantic Rainforest. Bit hard to get in the colony but worth the effort. Eoghan Daltun 🌍

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Morning Ireland A massive cull of Sika and goats is required.

Ian Thompson Sandy Horne Eoghan Daltun 🌍 I went looking for Eoghan's book and discovered Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery will deliver to Canada for one Euro. They're my favourite bookstore now.

In reflecting on the death of 280 million wild birds from bird flu *so far*, remember this is yet another catastrophe caused by livestock (in this case poultry) farming. We desperately need to start changing how we eat.

Our wonderful partners Kildare Arts Service Kildare Library Service are hosting a Climate Readers Day on 28th September RiverbankArtsCentre, with an amazing line up of writers/ speakers, including Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Eoghan Daltun 🌍 and many more: kildarecoco.ie/News/KildareLi…

Today, Greta Thunberg was handcuffed and arrested in Copenhagen for daring to stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. “To stand with Palestine is to be human.”

It’s been said before but the second Greta started making connections between climate change and capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism the media coverage came to a screeching halt.

When six Israelis are mourned more than 40,000 Palestinians haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0….

Green shield bug on a young, self-seeded oak sapling. One of the best things about rewilding is seeing how quickly a fantastic variety of fauna – inverts, birds, mammals, etc – moves into a new habitat as it forms. It really is a revelation. 🌎

Chris Smaje Annie Leymarie Ben Johnson Carwyn Graves .Chris Smaje: how do you feel about the fact that wild mammals are now at only 4% globally and dwindling fast, while domesticated mammals/birds are at least 60/70%, + rising fast. Are you okay with it? If not, how do you propose the trajectory be reversed, if not through rewilding?

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Jon Atkinson Chris Smaje Ben Johnson Carwyn Graves Key problem and key solution in two adjacent tweets! 😉

The golden eagle was reintroduced 23 years ago. Low levels of food in the landscape means they have not managed to expand beyond Donegal. This monument was erected by a local community group.

Sunset behind the Skelligs 🌎

Daniel O'Connell's ancestral home in Derrynane on the Iveragh Peninsula, Kerry, backdropped by rainforest. As usual, it's plagued by sika deer, rhodo, + other invasives. But managed right, such places could be the nuclei of a new, ecologically thriving, Ireland. #Rewilding 🌎

For 150 years, far-right demagogues have behaved in eerily consistent ways. Yet every time one emerges, we act as if we've never seen such a thing before, and we have no idea how to respond. My column on the startling lessons we can learn from history. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 Yes, and what is worring is that there is no attempt to control deer, rhodo or knotweed. Even underwater, although protected on paper, nothing happens.

Congratulations to Eoghan Daltun 🌍 on your gorgeous new book! Looking forward to your launch in Dublin later this month!